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X- Letters To TlwjMUor Frats Defended 5 S 46 Just A Few More Sliots And Then We Can Go On The Wagon Again?' fit Batlp Kar Jitl Jw i sixty-ninth yedr of editorial freedom, unhampered try restrictions from either the administration or the stiident body. The Daily Tar Heel is the official student publication of ; ' the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina. All editorials appearing in The Daily Tar Heel are the personal expressions of the editor, unless otherwise credited; they re not necessarily representative of feeling on the Staff. April 6, 19G2 Tel. 942-2356 Vol. LXIX, No. 134 The University The essay contest to be sponsor ed by the senior class a project which will be financed from the profits of the Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs concert to be held Tues day has as it topic "The Univer sity and Its Meaning." We personally could think of nothing more difficult to write about. What exactly is the mean ing of four years or more of study ing and living at Carolina? Is it. the glut of maudlin sentiment that surrounds the Old Well, Davie Pop lar, Silent Sam, or any one of the score of monuments to Carolina's love of itself? Is it the bitter-sweet realization that Carolina has much of the nobility of the South, but much, too, of its backwardness? Is it a passport to a good job, or is it a fulfilling educational experi ence, valuable for its own sake? Is it magnolias on a warm summer day or a silent Franklin Street during a football game? We have no more idea, perhaps, of "the University and Its Mean ing" than any student here. The topic is. a hard one to pin down. Many of us spend most of our years here without ever knowing what the University is and what it means. We hope someone will come up with the answer. A Welcome Volume Student government has recently completed compilation of its perm anent statutes into one volume. Primarily the work of Student Body President Bill Harriss and Vice-president Hank Patterson, with editing done by Assistant Attorney General Jack Fetner, the volume is at welcome sight to those who, in the past, have searched in vain through student government files . for one bill or another. r The new codification includes all the acts of Student Legislature passed" from May, 1946 until March 1962, .and still in effect. A glance through the bills in the volume is all that is needed to prove to the most sceptical that such a co dification has long been needed. Some of the provisions included in certain bills are contradictory to those of others; some are complete ly out of date and should no longer be in effect. Had all permanent bills been collected in one volume before this time, all the contradic tions and inconsistencies could have been avoided. Thanks is due Patterson, Harriss and Fetner for their work in pre paring the codification. It should be appreciated by student govern ment officials for some time to come. Lesson To Carolina Colorado is a long , way from North Carolina, . but what is now happening in the sports world of the University of Colorado empha sizes the importance of fact that University of North Carolina acad emic officials have maintained a strong hand in control of inter-collegiate athletics. Colorado officials have just fired their football coach for what the Associated Press termed "illegal re cruiting practices." Some 18 to 20 members of the football squad were named in allegations made by the National Athletic Association. It would seem reasonable to, as sume that there has developed on the Colorado campus a feeling that If EDITORIAL STAFF Wayne King. JEditor m m 9 If II .11 .s- Mike Robinson Associate Editor Harry Lloyd, Harve Harris Managing Editors Lloyd Little Executive News Editor Jim Clotfelter, Bill Wuamett- News Editors Jim Wallace Photography Editor Chuck Mooney Feature Editor Ed Dupree Sports Editor CVRRY KiRXPATRICK Asst. Sports Editor Garry Blanch ard Contributing Editor BUSINESS STAFF Tim BuRNETTBustTiesa Manager Mike Mathers Advertising Manager Jim EvAnsSubscription Manager Jim Esxrxdge Circulation Manager 1 P 1 P ll II I! n If i i J -a y Tes Daily Tax Hzk. Is published daily accept Monday, examination periods and vacations. It is entered as second class matter in the post office in Chapel Bill, N. C pursuant with the act. of March 8. 1870. Subscription rates t ILLQ per semester. $3 per year. Thx Datlt Tat Hm la a subscriber to the United Press International and utilizes the services ox the News Bu- ;. reau of the University of North Caro lina. jrublLsbed by tna Publications Board & the University ci North Carolina. Chapel Hill. N. C. football might be a kingdom of its own. When the University hired a new football coach yesterday, some of the players had a meeting. After that meeting, one of the players said: "You've got yourself a new football coach now get your self a hew football team. There will be no spring ball until this is straightened out. Our assistant coaches won't stay under Davis (the new coach) . I don't think there are going to be many guys around." THIS BOY has every right to comment on actions of the Univer sity. And his comment shows clear ly that somewhere along the Tine someone had given him the wrong impressions about who should run a university. , - It is important that athletics be kept inside its rightful place within the university, and tnat the play ers, and all others connected with athletics realize that they will not only be supported but also will be kept in check. , Some phases of basketball got far pat of hand at State and at Carolina iri recent years, not once but on several occasions. That made it necessary for University of North Caroling officials to move in sharp ly to emphasize the fact that bas ketball must be controlled and that basketball must take only, its right ful place In the educational pro gram. The things the University officials did haven't rested well with some people, whose memories seem to be short. What is happening now in Colo rado is a valuable object lesson to those of us in North Carolina who have short memories about what can happen in an athletic program. Tne Italeign times To the Editor: The criticisms and bitter attacks, as displayed by Mr. Wuamett's let ter of March 29, 1962, is typical of letters your newspaper prints con cerning fraternities. We wonder if fraternities deserve such biased at tacks. We, as prospective members cf a fraternity (to you Mr. Wua rnett) "pledges", would like to of fer, for the first time, the other point of view. Throughout your let ter ycu give examples of the so called evils of fraternities. WTe won der what your source of information was. Ours is one of first hand knowledge, taken from nearly a year's experience. This, we be lieve, is the necessary basis for the following opinions based on -Mr. Wuamett's outburst. We feel that (Mr. Toppell's explan ation of the unfair 80 rule was just and conclusive; however, your assumption that fraternities consist of merely "the right people" shows your judgment to be invalid and immature. Contrary to popular belief, a fra ternity is based on congeniality, not (as you call it) sharpness or ma terial wealth. A person whom we consider sharp has and uses quali ties which are beneficial to his brothers and his other friends. We admit that it costs some money to belong to a fraternity, but we won der how many people realize the number of boys who work in order to enjoy this type of congenial and permanent friendship. As to selectivity, Mr. Wuamett, we trust that you are also selective in choosing your life-long friends. Why not allow us this privilege? Just as a note of interest, "Jocks," Jews, and, as you call them, Un. sharp guys, can be found in i.ny fraternities. Concerning the ability of fraterri ties to maintain higher than cair:. pus average grades, it seems t!u you believe that upon donnin- a fraternity pin one immediately t.v periences a sudden increase in I Q. How weak an assumption is th;,. Clearly, with two minutes ration thought, it is obvious that nt-it!-a fraternity pin nor a dormitory room number will increase a 0,,,. given gift such as intellect. Being connected with a fra'err., ty, Mr. Wuamett, is both extraeur ricular and burdensome, but nut burdensome in the manner which you imply- You imply that it i burderisome to learn such materia! as a brother's home town, friend's name, songs, and the nanus of the national officers of the fra tenity. . This is burdensome, in the sense of consumption of time, to learn; but if one is truly interests! in something, he wishes to know every possible detail about that thing. This interest in the nanus, home towns, and fields of interest.; of others is the quantity which sep arates a fraternity, 'Mr. Wuamett, from a hotel. In conclusion, we contend that fraternities are both an admirable and constructive part of this Uni versity. We answer your challenge with a challenge of our own. Curre follow us through a typical day and then, Mr. Wuamett, you think he fore you again attack a way of life you neither have first hand knowl edge of nor understand. Phil Strubing Matt May Opportunities For 1962 College Gr ads By ARTHUR GOLDBERG Physical Sciences Employment opportunities for well-trained chemistry students at all levels are very good this year. However, employers are again stres sing quality placing heavy emphasis on graduates' grades- and academic standing. Employment prospects are best for graduates with the master's or doctor's degree who are qualified for research positions, and for bachelor degree holders who rank higfi in their class. Continued growth in employment of chemists is expected both in the next few years and over the long run. Further increases in research and development activities, in which about one-half of all chemists are engaged, will be a major factor in the expected growth of the chemical profession. The continued expansion of those industries which employ large numbers of chemists the chemical and allied products indus try in particular will also be a factor. Rising enrollments in col leges and universities are expected to result in many openings for chem istry teachers. Starting salaries offered new grad uates with the bachelor's degree in chemistry average around $500 a month. Beginning salaries for those with the master's degree are as much as $100 a month higher than salaries offered graduates with the bachelor's degree. For new gradu ates with the doctorate, beginning salaries are considerably higher, but vary sharply by type of employ ment and according to the "gradu ate's special and individual quali fications. Job prospects for well qualified physics graduates are excellent. Persons with the doctorate, quali fied to do basic research or ad vanced applied research and de velopment, ard especially sought after. Many of the opportunities for physics graduates both iri research and teaching, are in relatively new areas of physics, such as solid state physics, magnetohydrodnamics, space physics, cryogenis, plasma physics, and nuclear and high ener gy physics. Physicists are also need ed to fill teaching positions in col leges and universities. Average starting salaries for this year's physics graduates with the bachelor's degree generally exceed $500 a month. For those with mas ter's or doctor's degrees, beginning salaries are considerably higher. The outlook is for continued rapid growth in the employment of phy sicists both through ' the mid-1960s and over the long run. The demand for these scientists is closely asso iated with research and develop ment activities, and expenditures for these activities are expected to continue to increase in industry, Government, and colleges and uni versities over the next decade.' In creased enrollments in college and university physics courses are also expected to create many openings for teachers of physics. 3Iathematics The employment outlook for grad uates with a major in mathematics is very good at all levels of train ing and exellent for graduates with the Ph.D. degree. New graduates who have a knowledge of engineer ing and the physical sciences are in particular demand for many types of work, including operations re search, logistics, quality control, scientific management, and the translation of scientific and engi neering problems into mathematical terms for solution by electronic computing equipment. Persons qualified to teach mathematics at the college level are also in special demand. College graduates with a background in mathematics and statistics are increasingly sought after to work with computers in the electronic processing of business and accounting information. New mathe matics graduates are also in strong demand for actuarial trainee posi tions in insurance companies. The long-run outlook is for rapid growth in employment of mathema ticians, primarily because of con tinued increases in scientific re search and development activities and the rapidly spreading use of electronic computers. High-speed electronic computing machines not only make possible the solution of a steadily widening variety of com plex physics and engineering re search problem, but have also opened up broad new fields of ap plication for mathematics in ac counting and business management. Many new mathematics teachers will be needed in colleges arid uni versities, both to provide for the much larger enrollments expected in the middle and late 1960s, and to meet the growing demand for ad vanced mathematics training in other science fields and in engi neering. ; Starting salaries for mathemati cians with the bachelor's degree average around $500 a month this year. Salary offers for particularly well qualified beginning mathema ticians with Ph.D. degrees may be as high as $800 or $900 a month. Biological Sciences Employment prospects for biolo gy graduates with advanced degrees are very good partiularly for those with doctor's degrees in biophysics, biochemistry, microbiology, physi ology, and virology to do research important to medicine. There is also need for biologists with ad vanced degrees in 'microbiology, ani mal, soil and plant science and ento mology for research positions in the agricultural sciences. Biology graduates qualified to fill college and university teaching positions in all specialties are .also needed. Among graduates with bachelor's de grees, opportunities are best for those who are near the top of their class, especially in the fields of entomology, fish and wildlife biolo gy, and microbiology. Graduates with bachelor's degrees -may . also find oppoi lmiiti as - junior -prof es- sional assistants and technicians. Employment in the biological sciences is expected to increase substantially over the long run, pri marily because of further increases in research activities in both medi cal and agricultural sciences. Addi tional biological scientists will be needed in such relatively new areas as space biology (research aimed at solving biological problems asso ciated with fhe survival and proper' functioning 'of ' men in space) and radiation biology (the study of the effects of high energy radiation on the human body). Earth Sciences Employment opportunities for geology graduates continue to be limited, . although there appear to be somewhat more job openings this year than last. The demand for geologists is mainly for graduates with advanced degrees. New geolo gists with only the bachelor's de gree even those who rank high in their class, may find it necessary to begin in semi-professional jobs or to obtain, work outside the field of geology. The long-run outlook for the geological profession is more favor able. As the world's population ex pands, the demand for petroleum, minerals, and water supplies will increase. To fill this increased de mand, geologists with advanced training will be needed to devise new techniques for exploring deeper within the earth's crust and for searching underseas areas, to do more extensive researchhand analysis of geological data, and to help de velop more efficient methods for finding and recovering crude oil and minerals. Employment prospects for the few students obtaining advanced de grees in geophysics continue to be favorable. Some geophysieists are needed by Federal agencies to work on such programs as water re sources and flood control and to do research concerned with radioac tivity, cosmic and solar radiation, and with outer atmosphere and space. A few graduates are being hired by petroleum companies to search for new oil deposits, and by mining companies to locate new mineral deposits. Opportunities for new graduates in meteorology are very good. In particular demand, by both Gov ernment and private industry, are meteorologists with advanced de grees to fill research positions. Qualified meteorologists are needed by the U.S. Weather Bureau to fill vacancies in weather forecasting and for research programs dealing with hurricanes and air pollution. They are also needed to sift atmospheric data collected in the Nation's space program. Airlines, weather consult ing services and other private com - panies are also providing some ' openings for meteorology graduates. Teaching Total demand for teachers con tinues to exceed the supply of quali fied candidates in most parts of the country. Intensity of demand, how ever, varies according to school level and field of specialization. More than 110,000 new kindergarten and elementary teachers will be re quired this year to take care of the increase in enrollments and to re place teachers leaving the class rooms. However, only about half this number will meet the certifica tion requirements for elementary school teaching this June. Salaries for elementary school teachers (both experienced and inexperienced) average a little more than $5,300. Opportunities for employment of secondary school teachers are in creasing as enrollments rise. The demand for these teachers will ap proximate 100,000, but the number of new graduates entering the field with adequate qualifications' will probably be considerably less than 85,000 this year. Some specialties are reported to be in particularly strong demand: Mathematics, science, home economics, art, music, physical education for girls, and some foreign languages. Some fields are overcrowded, especially the so cial sciences and physical education for boys. The master's degree is being required by an increasing number of city schools either for initial appointment or for advance ment. Secondary school teachers receive about $5,800 a year, on the average. The demand for specialized school personnel including librarians, audio-visual experts, psychologists, health specialists, teachers of the gifted and the handicapped, speciall ists in remedial reading and speech, and counselors exceeds the current supply. Openings for college and univer sity teachers are plentiful and will become more numerous in the years ahead. The shortage of people with Bomy GoogU ond Souffy Smith By Fred LowweU " ?kP fll tiO A MIGHTV IMPORTANNC" the Ph.D. is severe in many sub ject matter fields, and colleges are competing for their services with industry, private research organiza tions and other types of employer;. An estimated 25,000 new teacher; may be needed this year to hnndl.1 the increase in college enrollment; and to meet the need for replace ments. Graduate training, often in cluding completion of all prelimi nary work for the doctorate except the dissertation, is a common re quirement for beginning college teaching. Salaries of instructor; average about $5,310 for nine months of full-time teaching. Lihrary Work Excellent opportunities exist fir well-trained librarians in all part; of the country and in all kinds of libraries schools, colleges, public and private libraries, government agencies, educational and research associations, medical institution;, and business and industrial firm;. The demand is particularly evident for librarians with special training in science and technology. May part-time positions are available in library work. Starting salaries of library school graduates generally range from $4,400 to $5,000 annual ly. Law Graduates who rank in the top W per cent of their class will have excellent opportunities to join legal staffs of large firms, corporation;, ancj government agencies, and to become law clerks to judges. A; in most other independent profu sions, young attorneys who plan to open their own law offices must bo prepared to face a period of 1" earnings while they build up their practices. Numerous opportunity for employment are also available to enter a variety of salaried por tions requiring a knowledge of law. Annual starting salaries in the Fed eral Government for lawyers have passed the Bar are eitb $5,3.35 or $6,435, depending on t; :r qualifications. Salaries of lawyer; employed in beginning positions business firms average close to ' 400 a year. Journalism Journalism as well as liberal v'' graduates with writing ability, w find numerous openings with n papers and in advertising, pub'. relations, trade and technical po lishing, and other fields. 'Newspaper editors are actively seeking young reporters with n; ceptional talent. Graduates with on ly average ability, however, will i- keen competition for jobs, especial on large city dailies. The lar- ' number of openings for begim. : -reporters are with weekly and d ' b newspapers located in small ?' and suburban areas. Large c ' dailies also have openings for in experienced people with a c j educational background, and a i'' for writing, to enter as rep-'ftcr trainees. Editor's Note: We will continue Secretary Goldberg's Open Letter in a future issue of the DTH. I
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